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Huskyforlife said:
if we were serious about this sport we’d fire mora and spend real money on a proven head coach and support staff. But we’ll push it off another year while our mediocre coach makes more excuses and we have another abysmal season. Then we’ll finally let him go, and hire some mediocre retread(mora/Edsall/PP), or a crazy person again.
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Because firing coaches every couple of years is what serious teams do, am I right?

If the A.D. wants to be proactive, and he definitely should, he should replace Charlton with an OC whose offensive theory isn't based on throwing in random gadget plays and hoping for the best. Likewise, they should go out and get the best DC they can find. While they're shopping they should pick up special teams coaching help. Finally Benedict should rally the supporters of the team to get the maximum amount of NIL possible's and then let Mora know that he needs to see results.
 
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Tdaley said:
I agree with everything in your post but I would emphasize the lack of outside wide receivers that have both the speed and the size to get downfield is killing our passing game. Buckman, Jolly, and Ross all operate pretty well on the inside routes and are good enough to make catches. On the long stretch routes we really have a hard time. Our receivers often get push out of bounds or never get any separation from the cornerback. Porter has very good speed but rarely gets open downfield. Ross is a bit better but struggles against more physical cornerbacks. This is a huge need for this team.
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Buckman looks like he should just have a very small role as a receiver is undersized and he does not have the speed. He would be a great FBS player and I like him a lot but it's evident when he's on the field, he just struggles.
 
Huskyforlife said:
if we were serious about this sport we’d fire mora and spend real money on a proven head coach and support staff. But we’ll push it off another year while our mediocre coach makes more excuses and we have another abysmal season. Then we’ll finally let him go, and hire some mediocre retread(mora/Edsall/PP), or a crazy person again.
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I think Mora has another year to show progress. Are his recruits even having an impact yet?
 
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UCan3 said:
Agreed next year will be his “make or break” year. We need to show progress.
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The question is, how do you define showing progress?
 
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UCan3 said:
Well, ideally the tackling, dropped passes and other mental mistakes are the exact issues coaches are supposed to be working with players on during the week - they should get better over time… In our case they have not.

I’ve always said my biggest question after seeing this years team is can someone tell me what happened in the offseason??? Or what didn’t happen?

And the departures of key players key positions because they had some issue w/ the coaching staff, maybe they were the ones you needed to hold to that ball, catch those passes and make those tackles?
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When Buckman was dropping punts and passes at the beginning of the season, I noticed that his propensity to drop the ball stopped after a couple games. In this case maybe the coaches were doing something right. Just saying
 
Duncan Idaho said:
Buckman hasn't touched a punt since the Duke game.
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So he hasn’t touched punt or pass since the 4th game of the season, so what. What’s your point?
My point is he is vastly improved in catching passes and punts since the NC State game, and I doubt he improved all on his own.
 
I don’t think firing head coaches at the rate we do is helpful so Mora should probably be safe but screw it, fire the supporting cast of clowns. It’s not like we don’t pay enough - our salaries are higher than most G5s. I don’t care if they hire a consultant, just get us coaches that know how to LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES. That’s literally our biggest problem.


Charlton: “oh we’ve scored 14 points in our last 3 games? Yah I’ll call another screen on 3rd and 9. Ef if.”
 
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Are we getting coach-speak from Mora, or do his comments suggest an actual change in approach in recruiting? Let's hope we see some changes.
 
Time to replace Nick Charlton with TJ Weiss. Yeah, I know, but he is on his second time around and it would be a promotion.
 
TJ Weist got treated like when he was interim HC and wanted the full job, didnt he? (Maybe I am not remembering it clearly, which is a definite possibility)

I cant imagine he'd want back into the clown car at this point...
 
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Windham4th said:
TJ Weist got treated like when he was interim HC and wanted the full job, didnt he? (Maybe I am not remembering it clearly, which is a definite possibility)

I cant imagine he'd want back into the clown car at this point...
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Ye of little faith in AD David Benedict, HCJM, and $$. The greater impediment might be his wife, but I suspect the kids are grown my now or close to it.
 
JohnFSilver said:
8 wins? What are we smoking?
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This team has 1 win and can top off at 3. Let's say you average last year's 6 wins and this year's 3 and you get 4 (I rounded down because who knows if we even beat UMess). Going from 4 wins to 8 with a second tier layout bowl game would be a lot of progress (especially being an independent- i.e. not slotted into a conference-allotted bowl game). So, to me your question should be what are you smoking?
 
CONN78SEJ said:
So he hasn’t touched punt or pass since the 4th game of the season, so what. What’s your point?
My point is he is vastly improved in catching passes and punts since the NC State game, and I doubt he improved all on his own.
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They pulled him from fielding punts because he was skittish/ insecure at doing so. That mindset transferred to his pass catching duties and it's no coincidence that that his pass catching efficiencies improved when he no longer was required to field punts.
 
Chip Kelly is a New Hampshire guy, born and raised.

If he gets canned I'm at least making a phone call to see if he'd like to be OC or maybe come in as an advisor or an 'analyst'.
 
How Sway?! said:
Lmaoo so now we are going to blame the AD for Mora hiring bad coaches? C'mon man, you get real. The funds are there for the program to be respectable, that Mora has not fully maximized them it's another issue
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Hey, as I said. Mora is either hamstrung by the AD or he is a terrible judge of coaching talent. My guess is given what we are paying and the lack of a DC it’s the former. But either way something has to give.
 
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